Free scholarships, bursaries, fellowships and financial aid for undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate studies, short term trainings and research at top universities, colleges and institutes throughout the world. Funding opportunities for individuals, NGOs and organizations.

The ETC Fellowship reserves the right to split the major fellowship if 2 candidates are judged to be of equal merit.

The following apply to both types of fellowships:

• The traineeship period should occur within one year following the deadline for application.
• The Fellowship position must NOT be salaried.
• The Fellowship must take place in a country other than the applicant’s current place of training.

All successful fellows will be expected to write a report about their experience and provide a testimonial and pictures for publication on the ESSO website within 3 months of return from the fellowship.

The successful applicant of the Major Fellowship will further be invited to give an oral presentation at the next ESSO congress.

Who can apply?
• Applicants must be a specialist, trainee or junior doctor with a declared intention of specialising in a sub-specialty of surgical oncology (breast, upper GI, hepatobiliary and pancreatic, colorectal, endocrine, head and neck, thoracic, skin cancer and melanoma, gynaecology, urology, sarcoma).
• Applicants must be or become ESSO members before the start date of the award.
• Applicants must be younger than 40 years of age.
• Both European and non-European citizens can apply. European applicants may choose to visit European or non-European units, while non-European applicants must choose to visit a European centre.
• Previous Fellowship recipients will be ineligible to apply for a second award.

How to apply?
Applications must be submitted in English only and include the following information:

• a completed curriculum vitae application form available from the ESSO website,
• a motivation letter describing the applicant’s area of interest, research plan and reasons behind the visit;
• a letter of support from their Head of Department,
• a letter of invitation from the Head of the Department they wish to visit.
• a proposal budget sheet estimating how the funds will be spent

All documents must be sent to ESSO Secretariat in a single PDF document.